Qui ne connait pas Brugge?! La "Venise du Nord", tendrement appelé comme ça par les personnes qui l'aiment, donc nous! Mama ne se rappelle pas que c'était si jolie! Effectivement, elle y était allée il y a 20 ans, il faisait froid, le ciel était gris et il pleuvait. Donc pas du tout comme aujourd'hui, douillette (pas chaud, mais pas froid du tout!), le ciel tout bleu et le soleil qui brille. C'est si charmante et maintenant Mama comprend ! Elle a une copine au travail qui aime beaucoup Bruges aussi ... mais oui, on a l'impression de marcher dans une monde miniature, entre des maisons de poupées !!! Regardez:
D'abord on était allé manger une crêpe, well, c'était une chaude recommandation d'un guide, hum, il paraît que c'était les meilleurs crêpes du monde ... les crêpes étaient bonnes, c'est vrai, mais le service plutôt à pleurer: une dame qui a probablement oublié comment sourire ... et l'accueil était plus froid que la glace à l'Antartique! Bof, n'y allait pas, ça refroidit un peu l'atmosphère chaleureux de cette endroit. Très belle vue sur Bruges d'ici haut! On entend les cariolles ... très joli, comme dans le film "Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis" :-). Un monsieur qui y joue tout en haut de la tour Belfort, on l'a vu! Admirez aussi une énorme "boîte musical", on n'a jamais vu un mécanisme si grand de l'intérieur. Coffre fort d'autrefois, musée des frites, toutes sortes de bière ... et des rues très, très pittoresques. On a visité un moulin à l'intérieur ... les marches qui y conduisent sont vraiment très à pic et pas commode du tout! Donc, Tomer a préféré d'attendre et savourer le paysage ;-). Alors, qu'est-ce que vous en dites ?! Bonne nuit, laila tov, my wonderful family ! From your wonderful family !
Beautiful weather, no traffic jams ... tell us how you can finish better a trip ?!
Good night, it's time to sleep ;-), laila tov and sweet dreams, my wonderful family !
From your wonderful family !
You have a great view over Nice up here ... just gorgeous !
Home to pack ! Tomorrow we're driving back. Snif ... hm, but what do you want ? Who can have vacations for ever ? Except Mama ;-), who loooves her work, great hobby for her ;-) ! Sleep well, my wonderful family, have sweet dreams and laila tov.
From your wonderful family !
27th of August ... finally sand beach as far as your eyes can see ... that was ... what Miss Maayan was waiting for ...
Miss Maayan had a long day as you can see ;-) ... good night, laila tov, my wonderful family !
From your wonderful family !
26th of August ... beach and sun all the time ... but today nothing like that at all ;-). We're heading to the Mercantour ... around Tende ... .
Mercantour... enchanted name... for an enchanted place. The "Mercantour National Park is a jewel of preserved nature, just one hour away from the mediterranean sea. It has peaks reaching over 3000 m, many glacial lakes and six valleys, each with its unique character ...". We walked until the "Lac des grenouilles" "Frogs' lake" ... air and space ...
"Musée des Merveilles" "Museum of Wonders" ... Archeology and Ethnology ... so interesting ! 5000 years history of engravings explained and shown of the most beautiful ones in a very high technical museum.
Such a pity that we were not
allowed to make pictures !!! So, don't miss it and click on the link
above ! Lot's of love and have a nice day, my wonderful family !
From your wonderful family !
25th of August ... so sunny and nice day ! What are we doing today ?! Well, how can you go to the Côte d'Azur without passing through Eze-Village ???!
Welcome to the most charming hilltop village in south of France :
Refreshing us at the beach in Nice !
It's time to rest now ! Good night, laila tov, my wonderful family !
From your wonderful family !
24th of August ... Today : soft day ! Anyway it's so hot, that you can't do much ! So what is better than to go to the swimming pool ?! There's a very nice one outdoor in Levens. Let's just jump into the refreshing blue water ... and enjoy !!!
And the "first" professional swim lessons given to Miss Maayan by professor Omer, click on the pictures !
Good night, laila tov, my wonderful family !!!
From your wonderful family !
Shana tova, my wonderful family !!!!!
From your wonderful family !
Castagniers is a very small hilltop village 20 km away from Nice. Charming, calm (hum, well definitely not in Omer's opinion ... to be waken up every day at 7:00 AM by the church steeple, just "over" our heads ... drove him quite a bit crazy ! :-) ). Our lodging was indeed an ancient rectory, yes ! Simple and clean : fridge, microwave, TV and laundry machine, that's fairly enough for us. Only is was very, very hot at our arrival ... even for our wonderful Mama. But after we opened every window, well, then it was bearable.
Now, when it's hot what do you feel like doing ???! Isn't swimming the best way to cool down ?! So we decided to go to Monaco. Sun, sea, sand, yachts, casino and cars ... what more you can ask ?!
Which kind of yachts would you like ?! Hum, we like all of them. The cars are not bad neither ...
We're on the way to the palace ... from there we have a great view over the Monaco bay. And tonight, what a chance ! it's the final of the international musical fireworks competion in Monaco. We didn't know ... what a great surprise ! Look, even in in the news of today they spoke about it !!! And for more information, click here ! This year the "Jacques Couturier Organisation society" (France) won the competition ... and that's the one we saw !!!! Good night, Laila tov ... sweet dreams, my wonderful family (we gave you the subject ;-) ). From your wonderful family !
that's fair ... half half ;-). Aba went with Omer, Mai and Maayan to visit the ski resort in Orres. Mama and Tomer stood home to clean the appartment ... . What sacrifice ... but when you love, you don't count, right ?! So it seems that is was great fun to take the cable car and have then a great, gorgeous view over the nature ...
Back home, we had all lunch together ... than direction even more south ... . We're heading to "Castagniers", a small village, 20 km from Nice away. Côte d'Azur we're arriving ! Good night, laila tov, my wonderful family !
From your wonderful family !
